Senate Confirms Jeanine Pirro To Serve As U.S. Attorney For D.C.
Pirro was confirmed on a 50-45 vote along party lines.
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Donald Trump named her acting U.S. attorney in May, and later nominated her to take the position permanently.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, wrote on X in reaction to the confirmation, 'Jeanine Pirro should never be a permanent U.S. Attorney. She endorsed the firing of January 6 prosecutors. She recklessly spread the Big Lie to the point her *own producers* had to tell her to cool it. Ultimately, she's a rubber stamp for Donald Trump.'
Durbin was referring to revelations that were made public in Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News. The network settled the case for $787.5 million.
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